Course

Advanced Conversation and Discussion for Students of English as a Second Language (Combined Course)

Faculty
Language, Literature & Performing Arts
Department
English as a Second Language
Course code
EASL 0354
Credits
3.00
Semester length
15
Max class size
20
Typically offered
To be determined

Overview

Course description
This course with its corequisite EASL 0344 is the third in a series of combined listening and speaking courses. This course is for students who wish to upgrade their conversational and speaking skills in order to continue their education or improve their employment opportunities. Students will improve their ability to communicate in a variety of increasingly complex settings, especially in problem situations. They will also develop formal group discussion and leadership skills, and prepare and make formal presentations. Through these activities, students will continue to develop language skills and improve fluency.
Course content

Communicative Situations arising from themes and topics common to EASL 0354 and the corequisite 0344.

  1. a.  language functions, such as reporting, disagreeing, expressed in different ways in a

            variety of settings, especially problem situations.                            

        b. conversational signals, such as interrupting, closing a conversation, especially those

            used in problem situations.

2.  group discussion and leadership strategies.

3.  presentation format and delivery techniques, including the use of rhetoric.

4.  use of register (formal, informal language).

5.  cultural appropriateness (communicating in accordance with cultural expectations).

6.  language skills (grammar, sentence structure, vocabulary, pronunciation).

Learning activities

The instructor will facilitate, observe and evaluate students' participation in communicative activities.  Whole and small group instruction will be combined with individual assistance and student directed learning.  Students will participate in the setting of goals by identifying their communicative and language development needs, and will participate in the selection of learning activities.

Means of assessment

This course is a college preparatory course and students will be marked on a MASTERY basis.  Mastery will be granted to students who achieve over 70% on a series of in-class and out-of-class assessments.

Learning outcomes

Within relevant educational, employment, personal and social contexts, students will:

1.  communicate in a variety of settings, especially in problem situations.

2.  participate in formal discussions, including leading short group discussions.

3.  prepare and make short presentations.

4.  use formal and informal language appropriately.

5.  communicate in culturally appropriate ways.

6.  express themselves comprehensibly.

Textbook materials

Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students

 

Materials to be supplied.

Students may be required to purchase a text.

Requisites

Prerequisites

EASL 0254 or 0255 or instructor permission

Corequisites

EASL 0344

Equivalencies

No equivalent courses.

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

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Institution Transfer details for EASL 0354
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.

Course Offerings

Winter 2025